- Date Of Birth: May 1, 1920
- Date Of Death: June 3, 2011
- State: Connecticut
Donald James Galligan, Sr., of Orange, died peacefully on Friday, June 3 2011 at CT Hospice of Branford. He was born on May 1, 1920 in New Haven to the late James and Rita Goodrich Galligan, attended local schools and High Schools, and received a degree from what is now Quinnipiac University.
In December of 1941 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served his country for four years in the Pacific area. He was wounded twice and received the Purple Heart medal from Admiral William Halsey.
After the war he married Patricia Callahan of Hamden and in 1953 they built their home in Orange. In the sixties and seventies Don was very active in town affairs, as Scoutmasters and baseball coach, and he was an active member of the Orange Volunteer Fire Department for many years.
Don was also a founding member of the Holy Infant Parish Council, and the first chairman of the Orange Ethics Committee.
He worked as an Industrial Engineer for GE and Seamless Rubber Company and retired after many years at Warnaco in Bridgeport, where he had been Chief Industrial Engineer.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Patricia, their loving daughter Mary James and their four sons: Donald, Jr of Silvermine, CT; Jon (Carlene) of Bethel, CT and Round Pond, ME; Dennis of Pennsylvania and Michael (Mary) of Northboro, MA, He also leaves four grandchildren; Sean, Erin, Matthew, and Colin, sisters Joane Lindsey of Green Valley, AZ and Claire Cassell of West Hartford, CT and many loving nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by sister Grace Coria of West Haven and grandson Tod Galligan of Jacksonville, FL.
